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Science Vocabulary
Science words to learn
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Label | To show what something means |
| scale | A use of measurement |
| plot | To find where on your graph you will put a "dot" to represent a piece of data |
| interpret | explain the meaning |
| variable | not consistent |
| independent variable | variable that can be controlled by the experimenter |
| dependent variable | the variable that is directly affected by the independent variable |
| problem | a matter or situation that is harmful |
| research | investigate systematically |
| hypothesis | an educated guess |
| experiment | a scientific procedure to test your hypothesis |
| data | information collected |
| conclusion | a judgement or decision by reasoning |
| control group | group that doesn't get anything in the experiment |
| experimental group | group that gets whats being experimented |
| constant | something that stays the same in both groups |
| control variable | something that never changes in the experiment |
| placebo | sugar water that is fooled to be a medicine pill |